The Windwater Pack is a five-volume book series about three generations of leaders in a pack of wolves. Its key characters are Zephyr, a Raised by HumansPapa Wolf, his mate Sequana, his sons Ruger, Cian and Julian, his daughter Layla, and his Speaks Fluent WolfShape-shifter “spirit sister” Ashtree Waxwing. The first book can be read here. A film adaption of said book is in the works, and more information can be found here.

TROPES IN THE WINDWATER PACK:

Animal Talk: Referred to as “common speech”, though each species also has its own language, and understanding humans is a learned behavior.

Big Brother Instinct: Ashtree for Zephyr, Zephyr for Ashtree when she becomes Sín Nara, despite considering her his big sister.

Calling the Old Man Out: Both played straight and subverted by Zephyr in Spirit Brother: His father Stone Voice is at the top of his list (see Freudian Excuse below) and he never hesitates to let him know it. However, when he has the chance to really put him in his place, he simply says “Good-bye” and walks away. A Crowning Moment of Awesome, too.

Cannot Spit It Out: Cian’s declaration of love for Moira is messed up enough that she Lampshades it.

Disproportionate Retribution: Zephyr’s reaction when he encounters the coyote that killed his pups is to shred him quite literally. The only thing that saves the coyote's mate is that killing her would leave their son an orphan, like Zephyr himself was.

First Girl Wins: Moira is this for Cian. Maybe Sequana for Zephyr, as she is the first unattached she-wolf he meets.

Freudian Excuse: Poor Zephyr. It’s so sad his dad… er, sire didn’t want him, his littermates starved, his mother was shot when he was he was eight-weeks-old, and his hatred of said sire made him too blind to do the right thing so his cousin/half-brother had to sacrifice himself to keep his birth pack intact. Still doesn't excuse ripping the throat out or tearing to shreds people that threaten his loved ones.

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